Extracted From Inscriptions on Tombstones & Monuments in the Burying Grounds of The First Presbyterian Church & St. John's Church at Elizabeth, New Jersey, 1664-1892 Wm. Ogden Wheeler & Edmund D. Halsey 1892

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH PART I

[Transcribed by Jane Devlin]

Abigail, wife of Elihu PRICE, d. 2 Jan 1817, in the 39th year of her age

Mary Ann PRICE, b. 18 Dec 1795, d. 22 Jul 1870

Elizabeth, widow of Ralph PRICE, d. 14 Sep 1817, in the 63d year of her age

Ralph PRICE, d. 2 Dec 1815, in the 67th year of his age

Robert PRICE d. 20 Jul 1843, ae 61 yrs

Five children of Ralph & Elizabeth PRICE

Puah, dau., d. 1 Feb 1780, ae 8 mos, 7 dys

Ralph, son, d. 8 Feb 1787, ae 10 mos, 23 dys

Hedges Ralph, son, d. 25 Aug 1793, ae 1 yr, 6 mos, 22 dys

Phebe, dau., d. 3 May 1798, ae 10 yrs, 6 mos, 8 dys

Ralph, son, d. 21 Jul 1799, ae 1 yr, 1 mo, 1 day

Pamela, daughter of Ralph & Elizabeth PRICE, d. 30 Dec 1823, in the 34th year of her age

Mariah, wife of Henry MEEKER, d. 11 Aug 1807, in the 20th year of her age

James C. SAYRE, formerly of this place, d. at Louisville, 5 Oct 1847, in the 66th year of his age

Sidney W. SAYRE, d. 5 Feb 1846, in the 28th year of his age "Accidently killed while in discharge of his duty as first Engineer on board of the steamer Alexander Scott upon her downward trip from Louisville to New Orleans."

Two children of James C. & Elizabeth SAYRE, formerly of this Town, who d. at Louisville, Kentucky, in the year 1834

John Dickinson, son of the Rev. James CALDWELL & Hannah OGDEN, b. 29 Jun 1765, d. 11 May 1766

Rev. James CALDWELL, b. Charlotte Co., Virginia, Apr 1734; Graduated Princeton College 1759; Ordained Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Elizabethtown, 1762 after serving as Chaplain in the Army of the Revolution & acting as Commissary to the Troops in New-Jersey. He was killed by a shot from a sentinel at Elizabethtown-Point, 24 Nov 1781

Hannah, wife of Rev. James CALDWELL & daughter of John OGDEN of Newark, was killed at Connecticut Farms by a shot from a British soldier, 25 Jun 1780.